The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
House of Ashes is the third installment in The Dark Pictures Anthology, a series of standalone cinematic horror games where your decisions determine the story and outcome. During the final days of the Iraq…
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes is an adventure developed by Supermassive Games, released 22 October 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The main story takes about 6.4 hrs to finish.
What The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes is
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes is an adventure game developed by Supermassive Games and released in 2021. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A military unit searching for chemical weapons unearth something far deadlier. In the ruins of a buried Sumerian temple deep beneath the Arabian desert something evil is awakened. Savage and unstoppable, a nest of ancient and unearthly creatures has found a new prey to hunt... Horrific discoveries and impossible decisions face the unit as they strive to navigate a subterranean labyrinth and escape the terrifying threat. Will they each prioritize their own survival, or put aside their fears and their personal rivalries to fight together as one?
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are horror, survival and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 30 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 2 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 180 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6.4 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-4690K or AMD FX-8350, 8 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB or AMD Radeon R9 380, 4 GB. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 65GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes launched on 22 October 2021, within three weeks of Age of Empires IV, Forza Horizon 5, Unpacking and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Age of Empires IV, Forza Horizon 5, Unpacking, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy.
Cheats and codes
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Official trailer
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